…oh, just a feeeew more little bits of our august!! and what a perfect end of summer month it was for us.
we went to the zoo. madd became a little roller skating pro! we had a big family dinner in franklin. we picked wildflowers! we played at home and at the farm and with friends. we shopped and tried out a new favorite coffee spot. steven played soccer on saturdays. maddalena started her little dance class! rocco loooved his first bouncy house experience at a sweet friend’s birthday party. we went to the park and to church. the bunnies survived me heading off to my bff’s baby shower for a few hours. 😉 we took walks! rocco even put on a good ole show one afternoon for a whole pediatric PT class at belmont, which was absolutely hilarious. and as always, we snuggled!
our babies have really become quite the little pair, and it could not make me any happier!! i remember maddalena getting to a certain age, just needing sooo much constant play and interaction from us, and we were just like… “wow, she really needs a sibling!” it takes a while to get that going in full force, you know? 😉 [just look at last august!! oh, that itty bitty boy of mine!!] but now that these babes are so often playing together, it’s my favorite. it’s the best. iiiiii love it. also, maddalena just takes such great care of her baby rocco, and it’s the sweetest thing!! <3
OH! ps!! so, after our excursion to the zoo, i asked on my instagram if anyone could suggest a great double stroller. we still hadn’t gotten one [i’d debated whether we even needed to or not], but every time we’d go anywhere where we walked for a while, maddalena would eventually want a turn in the stroller and i’d end up carrying rocco. which, don’t get me wrong, i love! but it sure doesn’t make the nashville summer heat any more pleasant, let me just say. plus, it really helps to have babies happily strapped in sometimes, right! anyway, literally the first 4 friends that answered said in full confidence to get the city select. [sidenote: the web version of the post doesn’t show all the comments.] i was surprised, because i just assumed i’d get a simple side-by-side stroller! but see, what do i know? i mean, i will research the heck out of things, but when it comes to stuff like strollers, it all just depends on how you want to use them. so, then, when i had to take m to the bathroom at the splash pad pushing rocco in our single stroller… well, no side-by-side would have fit very well in that bathroom! okay, wow. what a stroller journey. SO! as fate would have it, the kindest, sweetest blog-friend-of-a-real-life-friend [love when blog life has real life connections, you know?!] helped me snag a last minute deal on the whole city select double shebang, and thank goodness for her!!! so far we are obsessed with that thing. obsessed! it’s basically pure brilliance. 🙂 so, thanks for all the help, friends!!!
Aw!! My youngest just started Kindergarten and my oldest just started high school so your pics are making me nostalgic for those long, lazy summers when they were babies! Now, it's us running here, there and everywhere! Savor these moments. They go by soooo fast! xo
Taffeta & Tulips
oh, gosh, you know i am absolutely soaking it all up!!! i am not ready at all for school-aged life!!!
Yay!!! I'm so glad you got the city select! It's the best stroller….although my girls are currently on a wagon kick. And can you please come photograph my life for me?! I love your pictures!!!!!
oh you are sooooo sweet!!!! and we are loving it!!!! but wagons are sure fun, too! we love a good wagon! 😉
You had suuuuch a good August and yes i just love sibling love when it's not arguing and it's real love and a play buddy! And I can't tell you how many times I've done the bathroom with the double and we have the back to back one. I need all my babies in the stall. And contained. Ha! Oh September is half over but how I miss August!!
yes yes yes!! i'm totally not into the rivalry, but so far it's still minimal! we've just started to get there at certain times, especially when people are cranky… but overall we are still playing mostly happily!! i am soaking it up, you can bet!!